Quotes about Progress

A muscle becomes weak if it is not used. To become strong, a muscle must push against something.

There is a strong movement, especially in Protestantism, to recast the Christian message in order to make it acceptable to modern man.

God has in mind a picture of what He intends to create. He breaks, cracks, chisels, and polishes until one day there emerges His vision . . . God has not yet finished with us.

Science is learning to control everything but man.

Today we have more knowledge than at any other time in history. In seconds our laptops or PCs can call up information about a topic that would have taken years to collect. Young people graduate with more knowledge than ever before—but in spite of their knowledge, they are confused, bewildered, frustrated, and without moral moorings.

The Pilgrims . . . put their ideals ahead of all material considerations. It is not surprising that the Pilgrims had little and succeeded, while we have much and are in danger of failing. No civilization can make progress unless some great principle is generously mixed into the mortar of its foundations in life.

Before the seventeenth century, a child passed directly into the adult world between the ages of five and seven . . . then came the industrial revolution . . .so the child-centered home was born.

We can never live this [Christian] life on the highest plane unless we are continually growing and moving forward. You should be closer to God today in heart, soul, and body than at any other time so far in your life.

Tragic as it is when a child fails to develop physically or mentally, even more tragic is a Christian who fails to develop spiritually.

Born to crawl, Reborn to fly.

The world does need changing, society needs changing, the nation needs changing, but we never will change it until we ourselves are changed.

Modern war is the most highly developed of all sciences. We have perfected our weapons but failed to perfect the men who use them.